JRR Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born January
3rd, 1892 in South Africa. His parents were Arthur Reuel Tolkien and Mabel. He
also had one younger brother named Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, who was born
February 17th, 1894. Tolkien took a deep interest in nature as his mother
taught him botany, and even then languages were also very intriguing to him at
a young age. By the age of four Tolkien could read and write in which his mother
would let him read many books. The books Tolkien read had an influence on him
that would later fuel his writings. Some few years later Mabel Tolkien died of
untreated diabetes when Tolkien was 12 years old. Tolkien continued through
school and later graduated from Exeter College in 1915.
In January of 1913 he married Edith Mary
Bratt in Warwick, England at the Saint Mary Immaculate Catholic Church on March
22nd, 1916. After later serving in the British military during World War I he
began writing the Lord of the Rings. By 1948 Tolkien completed the Lord of the
Rings books. Tolkien had four children three of which were sons and one
daughter. His retirement led to extreme fandom resulting in him having to move
to the South coast in Bournemouth. In the end Edith Tolkien died on November
29th, 1971 followed shortly by Tolkien himself on September 2nd, 1973.
Synopsis
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of
three books in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Long ago an evil being known as
Sauron seeked to gain much power and in so doing forged a ring in the fires of
Mt. Doom. This ring had powers to dominate all of middle earth, but Sauron had
bound most of his soul to the ring. After a great war Ilsildur cut the ring
from Sauron's hand and ended the power of his ring. Isildur kept the ring for
himself and obsessed over its power selfishly. Not long after, Isildur was
killed and the ring was lost for thousands of years. Until finally the ring was
found by a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who kept it as his very own using the
powers of the ring to receive long lasting life and cast invisibility over
himself. Bilbo then left the ring for his nephew Frodo Baggins who like his
uncle did not know how evil the ring was.
A wizard named Gandalf was a friend of the
Baggins' and became curious of where the ring came from. When Gandalf left to
find answers he found the history of where the ring came from and what it was
capable of. In a desperate rush back to the Shire, Gandalf warned Frodo of the
rings power and told him to leave for Rivendell that night. On Frodo's way he
is accompanied by Sam, Merry, Pippin and Aragorn. Along the way they come
across wraiths that are in search of the ring and attempt to claim it after
attacking Frodo and company. Nevertheless they reach Rivendell and have a
meeting with the men, elves and dwarves to decide who will go on a journey to
carry the ring to Mordor and destroy it in the fires of Mt. Doom. After all the
commotion Frodo asked to be the one to destroy the ring, and with him eight
others agreed to go with him as an aid. All nine members were then known as
"the fellowship of the ring". Finally they begin their expedition to
Mordor to destroy the ring in the fiery pit of Mt. Doom and end the power of
Sauron and his evil forces.
It Worked!
This book is great in all ways possible and
is extremely detailed. The book Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring makes
it to the outstanding books because the book shows the real definition of
fantasy. A book like this isn't intended for everyone though because it is
highly descriptive and changes between characters many times making it hard to
follow. But if anyone takes interest in this book it is guaranteed to make your
imagination see a whole new world. The Lord of the Rings book is rated five
stars in my opinion.
